Category Archives: My travels

My Yosemite adventure… part 12… in which I try, one more time, to explain how really huge those granite formations really are…

Posted on September 6, 2018 by pouringmyartout

I used the telephoto lens to zoom in on a rock that was hanging over the edge of a cliff near Half Dome. That rock is probably the size of a small house. Or maybe even a big house. That’s … Continue reading →

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My Yosemite adventure… part 11… sunrise…

Posted on September 5, 2018 by pouringmyartout

This is why I tend to get up super early on my adventures… I got to watch the sun come up over Yosemite. I took this first series of photos after driving partway back out of the park. (The … Continue reading →

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My Yosemite adventure… part 10… yes, they have a big, fancy hotel there, because rich people need to see nature too…

Posted on September 5, 2018 by pouringmyartout

I know, it sounds crazy. The same rich people who want to dump coal sluicing waste directly into streams and cut down all the forests to build towers still want to see a tree now and then. I mean, they … Continue reading →

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My Yosemite adventure… part 9… Bridalveil Falls…

Posted on September 4, 2018 by pouringmyartout

Another series of photos to highlight how being in Yosemite right after the wildfires had closed the park, and therefore made it virtually free of pesky humanity, allowed me, over two days, to take pictures of interesting things from an … Continue reading →

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My Yosemite adventure… part 8… El Capitan…

Posted on September 3, 2018 by pouringmyartout

I know, this is just going to be photos of one of the famous granite formations in Yosemite. I am doing this for a reason. Because the park had been closed due to all the wildfires burning in California, and … Continue reading →

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My Yosemite adventure… part 7… how I ended up spending the night there, where I stayed, and how I used my extra time taking even more photos for you!!!

Posted on August 31, 2018 by pouringmyartout

When I was up in the Bay Area visiting my mom for her 95th birthday, I wasn’t actually planning on a trip to Yosemite. And when I did decide to go, it was just a spontaneous idea for a day … Continue reading →

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Hey, I bet nobody else you know got up at four this morning and drove for miles just to walk out onto the Golden Gate Bridge to get you some photos… the final chapter…

Posted on August 29, 2018 by pouringmyartout

Well, this will wrap up my little San Francisco adventure series of posts. Which is good, because in a few hours I am leaving my mom’s house to drive back to San Diego… and reality. So what better place to … Continue reading →

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Hey, I bet nobody else you know got up at four this morning and drove for miles just to walk out onto the Golden Gate Bridge to get you some photos… part 4… in which me and a cute kid help save the world!!!

Posted on August 29, 2018 by pouringmyartout

That is my godson, William. He is the main reason I went to San Francisco the other day. Hey, don’t be like that. I didn’t have to get up so early and go over there and walk out of the … Continue reading →

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Hey, I bet nobody else you know got up at four this morning and drove for miles just to walk out onto the Golden Gate Bridge to get you some photos… part 3… in which I run into a horse’s asshole that looks strangely familiar, and come face to face with some lion nuts…

Posted on August 28, 2018 by pouringmyartout

Okay, I am back to posting the photos of my recent San Francisco adventure in chronological order, just for a change. We have seen the sunrise from the middle of the bridge, if you can call it a sunrise, being … Continue reading →